This Unexpected Love

Chapter 6

Preparations

Hinintay kong dumating si Trisha sa mall. Magmi-meet kame today, I have many questions on my head right now. And I wanna have the answers on everything. At alam kong si Trisha lang ang may kayang tumulong saken ngayon. I badly need a friend.

Pumasok sa starbucks ang babaeng naka-simple outfit at agad lumapit saken. She looks so worried.

"Denise!" She called out and hugged me. Naiyak agad ako sa pagyakap saken ni Trisha. I don't know why I'm crying. I have no idea.

"Hush Denise. I'm here for you." Tinahan niya ko at umorder muna siya ng foods namen at agad ding umupo sa harap ko.

"Trisha... I don't know what happened. I have no idea and I'm so confused now." Tahimik siyang nakikinig kaya itinuloy ko. She pats my back as tears slide across my cheeks.

"The day when I told you about everything, it is also the same day when I broke up with Josiah. I gave him a damn bad heartbreak, hindi ko ginusto yon Trisha. I never wanna hurt Jos, alam niyo yon. But... Kinailangan ko na. We were supposed to date after classes but I lied. I told him na I was about to do a very important thing but then he saw me with my fiancé. Hindi ko palang siya kayang saktan agad non but great, I break him. I tore him apart Trisha and I wanna kill myself for that. I left him there begging, yung gustong-gusto ko na siyang lapitan and say sorry pero hindi pwede Trisha eh, hindi pwede. I planned to break up with him but I swear that showing him my fiancé thing is not the real plan, it just happened..." I burst out. Sobrang hirap dalhin nito. Ayoko namang mangyare to. Swear I never wished for this. If only I could do something.

"I love him so much Trisha. Can you please tell me what happened yesterday when I left? Our schoolmates been texting me pero di ko alam sinasabe nila, I'm a big mess. Please tell me Trisha." Napatingin siya saken. Now her face is even serious. Huminga muna siya ng malalim bago nagsalita.

"Do you mean hindi mo alam yung gagawin talaga ni Josiah?" She asked. Gagawin ni Jos? I have no freaking idea. Not a single idea. Kung alam kong may gagawin siya hindi ako aalis agad para ipahiya siya sa kung anong gagawin niya.

"No I don't Trisha. I have no idea. Tumawag saken si papa and he told me to go na kaya agad akong umalis kase nasa parking lot na sila. And there, people texted me with wtf messages." Sabi ko at tinignan ko siya.

"So that explains the walk-out thing. Here it goes, pumasok sila sa shower para pala kumuha nung placards daw na ginawa ni Josiah. Parang ang pagkakaintindi nag-away kayo at nagkahiwalay or something tapos yung sa placards nagpatulong siya sa team na kahit hawakan lang yung cards. One letter, one holder. And the cards says 'I'm sorry Denise. Can you be mine again?' Josiah is the last one who got out at nung tinaas na nila nakatalikod ka na at bigla kang tumakbo so everyone thought that you rejected Josiah. Josiah was just staring at you, natalo sila dahil wala na sa concentration si Josiah. After the game he just kneeled at the center of the court at nag-breakdown siya. The boys didn't leave him pero nagwawala na siya. And Matt told me na nag-bar sila dahil nagyaya si Josiah at di na sila tumanggi kase nga problemado, then after yun sobrang wasted si Josiah because he never stopped drinking that whole night." Halos hindi ako maka-lunok sa sinabe ni Trisha. Pinahiya ko si Josiah sa harap ng maraming tao? Ang tanga mo Denise! Ang tanga tanga mo! Hindi mo man lang tinignan kase edi sana hindi napahiya si Jos. The blame is all on me. If I wasn't stupid na agad tumakbo paalis edi sana nakita ko pa, edi sana may nagawa pa ko.

"Trisha... Oh gosh hindi ko sinasadya yon. Hindi ko alam na ganon hindi ko talag-" i felt Trisha's hug and it made me cry a lot. If only I could bring back time, hindi ko siya papahiya. Yes, I won't say yes to him again pero hindi ko siya tatalikuran. I just really had no idea. Cinomfort ako ni Trisha hanggang sa tumahan na ko pero dama kong pugto na ang mata ko at pula ang ilong ko. Ngayon nagsisisi na ko na ang puti-puti ko. Kinuha ko ang cellphone ko at may dalawang nag-message don.